Tag Archives: Politics

Terrorism, a word thoroughly abused.

Posted on 28/11/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

If there’s one thing that’s really been getting on my tits recently it’s how the word Terrorism is wielded. In truth it always has done. Terrorism, if we take its literal meaning, and ignore its widely implied use by politicians and … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Anders Breivik, Bombdogs, Dickheads, Fascism, Go on Chris make a Brass Eye special on Terrorism, Hedonism, Hypocrisy, Islamic State, Jihadism, Nobody worries about it, Politics, Terrorism | Leave a comment

Jeremy Corbyn – a symptom of the Labour party’s malaise.

Posted on 26/08/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Nine months ago I wrote that Labour’s decline was in part due an obtuse allegiance of its members and hardcore voters to the party name. Well, to quote his Bobness ‘things have changed’. A schism has formed. Broadly speaking there … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Because it can't be said often enough - Iain Duncan Smith is scum, Blairites, Bloody mugs, Corbynites, Damp Costa Coffee napkins, DWP, Foodbanks, Jeremy 'Jez' Corbyn, Labour, Labour is too broad a church, Labourites, Politics, Thatcherite, Tony Blair's teeth are shite, Yvette Cooper | Leave a comment

The link between the Charlie Hebdo massacre & Ched Evans, did I get it right?

Posted on 04/02/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I’ve been asking myself that one more than usual since I wrote this article, in which I linked the futile attitudes and beliefs that motivated the imbeciles who committed the Charlie Hebdo massacre to those who are actively trying to … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Austerity is a lie, Being right, Being wrong, Charlie Hebdo, Ched Evans, Fracking, George Orwell, I'm with stupid, Intolerance, Me being all pious again, Not very modest am I?, Our culture of self-delusion, Politics, Rapists, SNP, Stupidity, Terrorism | Leave a comment

UKIP’s rise? We’re all to blame.

Posted on 08/06/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I voted in the European Elections at my local polling station, the Gairbraid Church Hall in Maryhill. Having never been in it before I fully expected the interior to be transformed into a sparse state of temporary surrogacy, the mildly … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged BNP, Britain First, David Cameron, David Coburn, Ed Milliband, European Elections, General Election, Labour, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, Politics, Question Time, Scottish Independence, Thatcher, Thatcherism, The BBC, Tories, UKIP | Leave a comment

House Of Cards is a rarity – it’s a remake which transcends its progenitor.

Posted on 13/03/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I remember watching the original, BBC produced, version of “House Of Cards” and not quite getting it. And by ‘it’ I mean all the shock. Even at that impressionable age, I assumed that certain people were nasty. Still, I was enthralled … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged BBC, Francis Urquhart, Frank Underwood, House Of Cards, Ian Richardson, Kevin Spacey, Netflix, Politics, Robin Wright, TV | Leave a comment